Where Is The Love?

One of my favorite songs by Celine Dion is entitled "Where is the Love?"

I know it may seem a bit strange, but she got a voice! And ain't nothing wrong with a lil' Celine Dion once in a while... you know... an iPod playlist even..?

Anyway. Besides the fact that it's a good song, the title asks a very good question: where is the love?

Once we became separated from God's perfect love due to sin, we've been longing to find a similar kind of love from various sources, you dig? We--me, you, humans--trip out if/when we feel unloved. There are the pretenders, trust me, who love to pretend; thus pretending to pretend they don't need love: got it?

But its in our nature.

To love.

To wanna be loved.

Some of us kill others for it. Some of us kill ourselves for it. Some of us sell ourselves for it. Some of us want to have a lot of them for it.

You ever seen a Maury Show episode about cheaters? The primary reasons why the cheater cheated is because the other person did not show him (or her) enough love..:

"She was never home, Maury!"

"The sex wasn't good enough."

"I just felt like I wasn't getting enough attention, so

I did my thing, you know?"

"I lived better days with her than with her."

"He was always there instead."

And the poor victim looks destroyed. Hurt.

Sounds familiar?

So here we are, constantly looking for love.
Better yet, looking for someone to love--us back.

Where has our search and research led us to?
Better yet, where has my search and research lead me to?

Even if I find myself with someone to love--me back,
I know I can't always count on it; remember: no one is perfect..?

so where is the love?

John 15: 9-14

"I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends."

A true, flawless, perfect, and everlasting love can only be found in Jesus.

No man. No woman. No parent. No husband. No wife. No boyfriend. No girlfriend.

No friend. No lover. No drug. No sex. No alcohol. No porn. No self. No weird toy.

No club. No bar. No street corner. No car. No house. No job. No money. No religion. No church.

No cult. No image. No fantasy.

Nothing!

Only Jesus.

and you'll realize that he'd been already loving you--back,
before you even loved him--back.

Enjoy this song by MercyMe called "How Great is Your Love"